Friedrich Schiller News

Currently midway through the Shakespeare Theatre Company's celebratory 25th Anniversary Season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced today the Company's 2012-2013 Season.

Currently midway through the Shakespeare Theatre Company's celebratory 25th Anniversary Season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced the Company's 2012-2013 Season.

The Greenshow at the Utah Shakespeare Festival offers free family entertainment each Monday to Saturday at 7 p.m. until September 1. Each summer evening on the green surrounding the Adams Theatre, this pre-show entertainment features spirited song and dance. Add Elizabethan sweets, and you'll have a fun-filled frolic to prepare you for the main stage performance that follows.

Antoni Cimolino today announced the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's playbill for 2013, his first season as Artistic Director, and began to outline his vision for the Festival's future during his tenure.

Antoni Cimolino today announced the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's playbill for 2013, his first season as Artistic Director, and began to outline his vision for the Festival's future during his tenure.

Always seeking creative ways to introduce new audiences to live theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has announced the return of Festival Family Days and Student Access cards. Both programs encourage and invite a younger demographic to attend the Festival.

Every year, the Utah Shakespeare Festival works to capture the Bard's characters onstage. Oil Painter Richard Lance Russell does the same thing on canvas. This year, a solo exhibit of his paintings will be featured at the Festival. The paintings, depicting powerful scenes and memorable characters from Shakespeare's plays, will hang in the Randall L. Jones Theatre Gallery throughout the season, from June to October. An opening reception will be held on June 28th from 5:30-7:00 pm and Russell will be signing his work on June 29th from 12:45-1:45. Both events will be held in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. Russell's work can also be seen at his website: richardrussellart.com.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival will hold a private fundraising event for the new Shakespeare Theatre at the home of Ambassador John Price and his wife, Marcia Price tonight, June 3rd. This event features an evening of food, entertainment, and fun with Festival artists and friends.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival will hold a private fundraising event for the new Shakespeare Theatre at the home of Ambassador John Price and his wife, Marcia Price on June 3rd. This event features an evening of food, entertainment, and fun with Festival artists and friends.

Under the leadership of Artistic Directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn, the Utah Shakespeare Festival recently announced its commitment to produce all of William Shakespeare's 38 plays over the next 12 years in a new program called Complete the Canon. This year, 2012, marks the beginning of the program with the rarely-produced Titus Andronicus, as well as The Merry Wives of Windsor and Hamlet.

Always seeking creative ways to introduce new audiences to live theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has announced the return of Festival Family Days and Student Access cards. Both programs encourage and invite a younger demographic to attend the Festival.

Currently midway through the Shakespeare Theatre Company's celebratory 25th Anniversary Season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced today the Company's 2012-2013 Season.

Currently midway through the Shakespeare Theatre Company's celebratory 25th Anniversary Season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn announced today the Company's 2012-2013 Season.

Lazarus Theatre Company presents DON CARLOS by Friedrich Schiller.

Lazarus Theatre Company presents DON CARLOS by Friedrich Schiller.

Political intrigue, shifting loyalties and two powerhouses vying for victory over the other while advisors whisper their own agendas in their ears. No, it's not the upcoming Presidential campaign although one does resonate with the other. No, this is ACT's production of "Mary Stuart" directed by Victor Pappas and starring two grande dames of local theater, Anne Allgood and Suzanne Bouchard. And with this much history and pedigree on stage, what you end up with is a cutting machination woven together with humor, heart and venom.

ACT Theatre's popular Central Heating Lab reaches maximum capacity in October. It includes a robust schedule of favorite performances and a brand new performance venue makes this schedule possible.

ACT Theatre's popular Central Heating Lab reaches maximum capacity in October. It includes a robust schedule of favorite performances and a brand new performance venue makes this schedule possible.

Political intrigue, shifting loyalties and two powerhouses vying for victory over the other while advisors whisper their own agendas in their ears. No, it's not the upcoming Presidential campaign although one does resonate with the other. No, this is ACT's production of "Mary Stuart" directed by Victor Pappas and starring two grande dames of local theater, Anne Allgood and Suzanne Bouchard. And with this much history and pedigree on stage, what you end up with is a cutting machination woven together with humor, heart and venom.

This September, ACT - A Contemporary Theatre brings power, passion, and politics to the Mainstage in Peter Oswald's astonishingly relevant and thrilling adaption of Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, while The Central Heating Lab welcomes Collektor with Sam Shepard's haunting and timeless drama A Lie of the Mind and the return of Short Stories Live at Town Hall.